A/N: So finally! The baby is here! But will there be complications? Hopefully not :( I am so happy that I have reached this point! Something like the 3/4th point? :D It feels good, and I know I'm a noob in the fanfiction game but I can really say I do love it! But when I'm done with this one, I won't have a new one for a few probably, I need to dedicate some time to my original stuff!

I must say thanks to you all, brz(I can never tell if your all happy or a bit not, but I gather happy), milkchocolatehot64, dietyofdeath, Dark-Angel-Princess, kale24(we gansters must let it be known lol), xXPiercemyHeartxX, princess sin, librarycat9, Celestialuna, Shurashur09, petpeeves12, niceldysakura, shessy-chan, pumpkinpi, and I know there are more but that's all I'm going to type :P You know who you are and I wuv you too ^^ Going to shuttie now and get to it... Don't grab torches and become an angry mob after me and Sesshie-sama!

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Chapter 21

Sesshomaru reached the room, the doors closed, so he slid them open with such a force that they ricocheted back to a midway point. Five pairs of wide eyes stared at him as if he were a bit insane, and perhaps, by the look that spread across his face as he took in the crowd inside the room, he was going a bit coo-coo in the head! His eyes shifted to each individual's face, his startled friend who looked guilty, because he knew that Sesshomaru was pissed at him for not informing him, the little fox who looked as if he wanted to run away when Sesshomaru's eyes fell on him, Inuyasha's attendant, the little red headed wolf girl who looked torn between her duties to him and her loyalty to Inuyasha, Keeran, who looked ready to jump from his skin... and finally, Inuyasha. Inuyasha was somehow pale and red all at once, he looked sick and pale and drained, sweating as if his internal temperature had spiked suddenly, and his face was red and looked contorted, as if he were undergoing some terrible exertion.

His mind immediately took in two things, the close proximity of Keeran and a scarcely clad Inuyasha (his legs were obviously bare because his hakama lay in a crumpled heap on the floor and his feet and ankles stuck out from under the covers), and the fact that the two had their hands locked together.

Everyone seemed to know exactly what he was noticing because the little fox scurried out of the way of his furious feet, the maid stood to get away from any confrontation that might occur, and Neesh, with his unbearably tall body, stepped in front of his furious vision.

He and Neesh were friends, this was true, Neesh was the only person he would even mutter the word friend to, but at this moment, he was a furious, blood thirsty dog, who would attack anybody in his way!

Neesh could sense this and even though he had stepped in front of Sesshomaru, he had done so quite a few feet away, he needed to calm him down before he did something unreasonable.

His intervention did not seem to be needed however, because a hoarse and raspy voice sounded in the silent room.

"Cut it out Sesshomaru...!"

All heads swiveled to look at the haggard little form breathing heavily on the bed. Ayame had brushed back the frizzled white locks and had secured his shorter bangs with some pins, so his face was bare and full view. He looked tired, but he also wore the look of someone who had reached their limit. He looked as if every nerve in his body was burnt out and he no longer had an ounce of anything to spare on this big bully's foolishness.

"Stop it now! Do not barge into my room and act like an ass! I've had enough of you, you will leave Keeran alone! He is in no way overstepping his boundaries, you have no rights over me remember, I am not your mate nor am I your slave! I want someone by my side during this, someone who I can tolerate and can trust to actually be there, so don't you dare storm and here and think you rule a damn thing! Right now, right here, this is my time and I can have whomever I damn well please here with me! The day you give a damn about me is the day I start to care what bothers you! This is your fault! This situation is because of you, I am having your precious child so you better damn well stay there and be quiet! Do not even dare to utter commands to me because your words are worth shit to me right about now." He had to pause to draw in a shaky breath as another contraction rolled through him and he fought the urge to cry out in agony because that was what it was, and apparently this was not the worst of the ordeal! "He opened his weary golden eyes and glared daggers at Sesshomaru. "Now you can stay there and shut up or you can leave, personally I would love the pleasure of not having to see your face, but you will do one or the other," he said with a clipped voice, "because you will not upset me anymore!"

Inuyasha glared at him for emphasis, letting him know that right about now, he was in no mood to deal with anybody...Not even the great Daiyoukai Sesshomaru...

Sesshomaru was shocked... there was no other word to explain what he was feeling. No one, no one, ever spoke to him in such a manner...no one! Yet here was his little brother, angry as a blistering dragon, giving him the talking down of his life, if he were anyone else, he would be blushing at the moment, thoroughly embarrassed and put in his place. But because he was who he was, he wrote it off and instead focused on how to react... Anger? No, that was not the way to go, after all, he was the big bad villain in this story, he knew he was the reason Inuyasha was having the birth prematurely and he had educated himself on the matter of demon birth. Demon birth, depending on the species, was not much different from human birth. Their was the breaking of the water, which judging by a towel on the floor with a questionable reddish brown substance on it, had already happened. Then their were the contractions, he could not remember if that resulting from he baby moving lover towards the pelvic or whatnot, or if it was the result of dilating. Either way, his informant had assured him that he would know when the time came, because there would be a lot of sounds of pain from the mother. He glanced at Inuyasha who was apparently still waiting for his answer and noticed how utterly like crap he looked, but then again, Inuyasha could never really look unsatisfying. Finally there was when the baby would be forced out of the womb, and that part, his informant had given him a grave look, was when the inspecting mother would let loose all kinds of hell on the father. Still, even though all the proper signs were there, and Inuyasha did not look to bad, a premature birth was still dangerous. The baby by then would be developed yes, but the sudden unexpected arrival could cause complications like infection with both mother and child...

He scowled, well he would just have to make sure everything went right (as if he had control over such things)!

Sesshomaru glanced up at Neesh who giving him a look, Sesshomaru knew he was dying to grin and laugh at him, but not even Neesh was that impulsive. His looked screamed "you have just had your ass to you" and it irritated Sesshomaru. He nodded towards the door and Neesh pouted, but took the hint and got lost. Ayame would be the one giving the birth, so she was needed, Shippo, if that was his name, was Inuyasha's little ward and there was no point and kicking the little kit out as long as he was not in the way. He looked down as something brushed his leg and Rin came stumbling in with her bundle of towels, announcing that her mission was complete and she gave a cute little salute before joining Shippo on the floor, both watching Inuyasha with the innocent eyes of children. He turned his attention to Keeran, he wanted him out, he wanted him away from his Inuyasha and his child. The two hands joined irked him to a point of no return!

Keeran was eying him and them eying Inuyasha, a caged cat look written all over his feature, he was a snippy little thing until he was caught and then he was all innocent please of forgiveness.

He rolled his eyes, "Fine Inuyasha, your mangy cat can stay, but if he knows what's best for him, he had better not touch any other part of you but your hand."

Keeran was torn... torn between his natural urges to flee from danger and the urge to protect. It was not as if he would hurt Inuyasha, but Inuyasha obviously wanted nothing to do with him at the moment. He would stay, he would be Inuyasha's stable barrier from the stress inducing male glowering in the doorway. His tail was perched in mid air, somewhere between a threatened pose and a frightened pose. That's exactly how he felt, half way between each. Inuyasha squeezed his hand and gave him a little smile, his way of assuring him that his big, growling dog was more bark than bite.

Inuyasha felt agonized! He was so hot, his skin was ablaze, and a thin layer of oily sweat ran all over him making him feel all the more uncomfortable. He watched Sesshomaru with an angry glare, he just wished that he would go away. He was surveying him as he was a prisoner in a dungeon. Another rolling pain spread through him, and that part of him throbbed as if it was being forced wider and wider. He felt tired and restless, as if he had the urge to spring up and run for miles, but then again, this pain made him just want to lay there and melt into oblivion...

He hated Sesshomaru!

This was all his fault, everything bad that had ever happened to him, was Sesshomaru's fault. He was always scrawny and his muscled never seemed to want to enlarge themselves, and that was Sesshomaru's fault! He was a second son and therefore he was forced into this birthing situation and that was Sesshomaru's fault! He had long, often unruly hair that drove him insane and that was Sesshomaru's fault! He had fell in love with two human girls with major issues and problems and that was Sesshomaru's fault! He was only a half demon and that was Sesshomaru's fault. Everything was Sesshomaru's got damn fault!

He closed his eyes as a violent wave of pain hit him and he let out a noise between a growl and a cry, he wasn't sure which one, he was just sure that it sounded highly agonized.

He could feel all the eyes drift to him, apprehensive, worried looks over this face or another.

"Master are you alright?" Ayame asked in her sweet voice, her big eyes wide with the want to comfort him.

He tried a shaky smile but it failed him. "Can you take this stupid cover off Ayame? I'm so damn hot!" He let his head fall back and he shook it on the pillow, he was dizzy and now thirsty, he just wished his body would make up it's mind. "How long does this take," he whined raking his free hand through his wet hair, soaked with dripping perspiration.

Ayame dipped a fresh cloth in some cool water at his feet and Rin eagerly waved her hand about, asking if she could do the honors.

As Rin dutifully dabbed at Inuyasha's heated face, Ayame ducked her head under the tent that Inuyasha's knees were making with the cover.

"Well we can't take away the cover Lord Inuyasha because, well you know... your parts would be..." she stammered over some incomprehensible words and trailed back into things that could be understood, "... and well everything looks like it's good down here Lord Inuyasha, although, it might not be til the next morn when the baby come."

Inuyasha raised his head again with a dejected stare at Ayame. "Another day! Why! Why does it take so long!"

"Well, "Ayame said blushing in embarrassment, "well it was unexpected so your body was not already... and well it has to stretch so that... and it's early so that... it'll be a little while and..." She looked ready to cry so Inuyasha patted her hand and cooed to her that it was alright and that it wasn't her fault. He sent her out to get him tea, and Shippo and Rin went along as her fateful helpers.

As soon as they were out of sight Sesshomaru, out of the blue, crouched and stared into the tent made by Inuyasha's legs as well. Inuyasha suddenly felt shy and open and degraded. "What are you doing! Get away from there!"

Sesshomaru rolled his eyes as if to say "I've been down there plenty of times and you never complained then", before standing up and leaned back silently against the wall in the same manner he had been doing.

He had his back turned to Inuyasha, but his sharp ears picked up what Sesshomaru had mumbled under his breath. He breathed heavily and threw one of his many pillows at the back of Sesshomaru's head, who turned around irritatedly and flicked his hair back into place.

"It doesn't fucking matter if it goes back to it's normal size! You will never get in it again so it's none of your goddamn business."

Keeran looked between the two, wondering what in the world Inuyasha was yelling about... What would go back to normal size? And what wouldn't Sesshomaru get to use again...

A stomping sound, sounded outside of the door until finally a flurry of angry pink stood in the doorway. The mildly short woman had four angry lines across her angry face and her hair was frazzled and stood up on angry ends.

Keeran turned to look at her and had to blink quite a few times before he realized that she was the supposed to be mate, roughed up and not at all the epitome of a blushing bride. "Wow Kanima," he said, "don't you look... angry..."

She gave him a look that promised death and he turned back around with little snickers escaping him until the glowering eyes of Sesshomaru shut him up.

Kanima breathed heavily, she looked like an angry demoness, attacked and jilted on her special day... oh wait... that is exactly what she was!

"If you know what is best for you, you second rate piece of ass I would shut up before I claw off your prick and you can show yourself the technique you are oh so famous for!"

Keeran blushed and bared his teeth. Oh she was lucky that her big, scary dog was around or he would have went pissed kitty cat all over her ass!

Her gaze cut from him to the panting figure laying in the bed and she advanced forward. Sesshomaru was blocking her path in the blink of an eye and she glared at him. The next thing everyone in the room heard, was a palm smacking flesh, that is Kanima's palm smacking Sesshomaru's cheek.

Keeran's eyes opened so wide you'd think it was impossible and Inuyasha's very body seemed to stop all of it's turmoil just to witness this amazing event. Surely, surely, she was ready to die, because no one, no one, slapped Sesshomaru.

Sesshomaru's face was turned to the side, his hair blocking any expression on his face.

"You bastard! Damn dog! I have waited years, years for this damn day and it is all ruined, ruined! You ignore your duties to me for him! No more Sesshomaru! I will not come second to him again! You will mate me today or you will not mate me at all and you can damn well mate your second rate bitch! If he is so damn important to you, then mate your half bred brother and let me go before I am forced to suffer another day of this union between you and your damn brother!"

The room was silent... neither Keeran nor Inuyasha seemed to even want to breath for fear of disturbing the crackling atmosphere.

Sesshomaru slowly turned back to Kanima, his face... void as usual... not anger... no red eyes... just his normal face.

"Are you done?" He asked in his bored tone.

Kanima did something that no one, not even she would ever expect herself to do. Her eyes widened and then closed before she opened them, wet streams of tears dripping down her cheeks. "You are... an ass," she said with one of those hiccups that seemed to accompany a woman's cry, and before turning on her heels to flee the room.

Sesshomaru, who was even caught off guard, found himself going after her. She had scarcely made it past the room before he had caught her by the trail of her kimono.

"Kanima," he said with an irritated growl, the only tone he seemed to have.

"What! What do you possibly want you horrid man! You ruined my life the day I set eyes on you!"

Sesshomaru released her and stared her in the eye. "Is that how you see it?" He asked quietly.

Kanima's eyes widened for a mere moment before she closed then and turned away. "It's because...It's because I..."

Sesshomaru huffed as if he was dealing with a situation he did not want to. "Do not do this Kanima."

Kanima turned back to him, her face scrunched with misery. "It's because I want to be with you and only you and you promised me that you would be with me!"

"What makes you think that anything has changed?" He asked.

"Because! Because of him, because you lo-."

Sesshomaru glared at her. "Do not utter those words Kanima!"

"Do you love him!" She nearly screamed at him! "Do you care for him? What is he to you!"

Sesshomaru grabbed her wrist and yanked her forward so that they were only inches apart. "No damn you! How many times must I make this clear to you? I love no one and I don't have the time for such a silly notion! I thought we would not do this Kanima!"

Kanima knew by this, he was referring to an emotional relation with tears and accusations. "I am not doing anything," she hissed. "I am merely fighting for myself, I am making sure that my position is not being threatened! I survived before you and I can damn well survive without you, but I don't! I want to survive with you! You do not have to love me, I don't want the useless bonds of love Sesshomaru, but I will not hang around here degraded! It is me or him Sesshomaru, there is nothing else to it."

Sesshomaru growled and ran his hand through his hair. "What more can I possibly do to make my decision any clearer?" He asked in a clipped tone.

"Mate me! Right here and right now!"

"It cannot be an official mating unless in is done at the alter in front of the royalties of each land Kanima, and you know this!"

"Then give me something Sesshomaru! Anything!"

Sesshomaru rolled his eyes in irritation, "And what exactly do you want Kanima?"

She glared past him and down the hall before meeting his eyes again and lifting her head defiantly. "I want him gone. As soon as your bairn is born, I want him away from here! I will wait for us to mate, but he cannot stay."

Sesshomaru stared at her for a moment before he turned back towards the room. "I never intended for him to stay in the first place," he said as way of an answer.

The night had passed, and nothing eventful had taken place. The sun went down as usual, day animals scurried home to sleep as usual, night animals scurried out to sing there songs or to hunt for food, and the agonized, pregnant mommy, had finally been given a break from the pain and fallen to sleep along with all but one of his guest.

Sesshomaru had watched Inuyasha throughout his slumber all night, he had watched that precious, tired face sleep with a uncomfortable expression written all over it. Inuyasha's eyes had dark circles beneath them as if he had not slept fir days, the birthing must really be taking its toll.

Inuyasha had fallen asleep before the sun had even set, and he seemed to have slept peacefully all night, but suddenly, as if he was woken from a nightmare, his eyes opened and he stared around the room, a confused look on his face.

He was propped on his elbows and Sesshomaru wondered if he was in a sleepy daze or if something was wrong. Even more sudden, he uttered a cry of, "Shit!", before his face contorted in pain.

Ayame bustled into the room like a commando would in battle, a concerned expression on her face, her very body language screaming that she was ready to tend to her master. What a dedicated girl!

"What's the matter Lord Inuyasha?"

"It hurts," he moaned in a tired voice, "I can feel it! It's coming now, it's coming right now!"

Keeran, who Sesshomaru allowed to sleep beside Inuyasha on the floor, sprung up, his ears and tail straight up. "What's coming!"

Sesshomaru ignored him... this is it, he thought, my child is about to be born.

Inuyasha cried out again and his claws dug into the pillows they had stacked around and under him for comfort. He writhed a bit before whimpering uncontrollably. Keeran rose on his knees and stroked Inuyasha's head, which made Sesshomaru want to rip his throat out. He was pretty sure he growled, a reaction he did not mean to do but it came out anyways.

Inuyasha opened his eyes and cut him a murderous look but then he seem to decide it was a bother to him to bother with him.

"Ahhh! Ahhhh," he groaned in pained. "I can feel it! It's like trying to get a boulder through a doorway!"

Ayame was already beneath the covers, and she gasped. "Ohh he is right! My Lord Sesshomaru, I can see the head just a little bit."

Sesshomaru removed himself from the wall, fully intent on seeing every moment of the birth.

Inuyasha huffed and moaned and squirmed. "Ahhh! Get it out, I want it out of me now! It hurts!"

Ayame's red head popped up from under the covers. "Okay my little workers, this is it, I need towels and fresh water! It's time for the newest addition to the Inu family to arrive, and they want to meet us now!"

Rin and Shippo scrambled towards the other end of the room to get both.

Inuyasha was now sweating again, he was positively soaked and red from exertion and he had not even began to attempt to push the baby out yet! Keeran wanted to make him feel better so he sought out his hand...which was not the best plan of action because Inuyasha was no weak male and he found his poor little appendage being squeezed for dear life. He flinched but forced a smile, he was all for Inuyasha, but he also wanted this damn thing to come on out.

Inuyasha let out a stream of fouls words and his teeth bared as he ground them together and squeezed Keeran's hand.

"Alright my Lord Inuyasha," Ayame said in a proud voice, " we are going to make this go as quick as possible!"

Inuyasha didn't really seem to be paying attention, he lay back on the pillows, propped up and breathing for dear life.

"Master, you will have to push, from your stomach with all your might!"

Inuyasha opened his eyes and stared confused at her. "Push...?" He asked shakily.

"Yes!" Rin answered for her. "Inu-mommy has to push out the baby because the baby can't do it by itself."

Inuyasha smiled weakly at Rin. "Thank you Rin sweetheart but this baby seems to have a will of it's own, I think it is coming out whether I..." he let out a groan, "push or not!"

Ayame gasped again and squealed in excitement. "I can see it, I can see it! The head, the head! Lord Inuyasha push push!"

Inuyasha did not want to push, he did not want to do anything but be rid of his agony! He hardly had the strength to breath and now, Ayame, and Shippo, and Rin, were cheering for him to push!

He looked up at Keeran for some unfathomable reason and wondered if he wanted him to push too! Keeran's face looked strained for some reason but he was forcing a smile and nodding.

Inuyasha groaned and decided that if it would do something to end the pain, then he would...push! He put everything he had into trying to push with his stomach and he could feel it coming, feel it slipping through, stretching the canal to accommodate its girth.

"FUCK!" He squeezed one hand and dug the other into the mattress. "Oh Gods this hurts!" He yelled.

He heard a lot of voices as his head spun, something about a head and shoulders, and something about more pushing! He didn't want to push more but his body seemed to do of its own accord and he forced another great, and terribly painful push which was followed by the unbearably, ungodly pain and then... a wail... the wail of a newborn infant.

Sweat poured into his eyes so he closed them, he was far too exhausted to open them, but he could hear it, his child, his child which had just caused him the most unholy pain, was now in this world, alive an healthy.

He was so tired, he could feel himself drifting away into a soft darkness...

Keeran had never witnessed a birth, but now, watching the wailing, bloody figure come up from under the cover, he realized that he was not quite ready to witness one either. Is eyes widened as the bloody baby wailed and flailed it's little hands, a long, pink cord like thing connected to it's stomach. He felt dizzy, the room seemed to spin, and before he knew what was happening he had fainted!

Sesshomaru was mesmerized. He had just witnessed the process of his child being born and an unimaginable feeling was welling inside of him. He felt proud! Proud of Inuyasha for surviving the ordeal, because that is the only word that could describe it, an ordeal! He watched as the mother of his child slumped back into the pillows and closed his weary eyes, yes, he deserved to rest.

His eyes wandered to the child Ayame held in her hands. She had clipped it free of it's mother and was now wiping it clean. A shock of silver lie atop his head, and slowly as it became clean, it's smooth, pale white skin showed through. Finally clean, Ayame stood, and walked to him, he was too entranced to spare her a glance as she deposited his first born child into his arms with a great smile. A boy... it was a boy, he held in his arms, his first son! He was so beautiful, and loud, and utterly perfect that his heart thumped uncontrollably. This was truly his son! Like him he bore the mark of a crescent, but his mark lay under his left eye in the far corner, and two swirls and three dots lay under his left, even his demon mark was beautiful. Sesshomaru felt something moving beneath the towel, and he peeled it back gently and freed a... tail. A tail. Where had that come from! Neither he nor Inuyasha bore a tail but then the realization hit him, his MokoMoko had once been his tail, but it had been severed in a war years ago and instead acted with him without actually being apart of him. He gingerly fingered that silver tail and the wails quieted down as his son seemed to drift into a sleep fueled by the exhaustion of coming into this world. As those golden eyes closed, that soft tail wrapped around his finger. Already his muscle reacted to the outside world, what a strong demon he would grow to be!

Rin and Shippo both ran up to him, the latter hoping around excitedly, the former tugging at his pants leg, both begging to see. He lowered himself to their level and both peeked over his arm to get a glimpse at the amazing bundle of life sleeping for the first time in this world.

Inuyasha's gasped suddenly, his eyes feeling to heavy to open. He gasp because he could feel the same feeling again, what was going on... could it be... another one!

Ayame rushed over to her Lord and peeked under the covers, seeming to wonder the same thing. An excited squeal escaped her again as she popped back up, her eyes gleaming with excitement as well. "Another one My Lords! Lord Inuyasha is having twins!"

Inuyasha groaned, he was tired, so tired he could hardly stop from falling asleep. "No..." he croaked, "I can not... not again... I can't." His voice was weak and distant and it was evident that he had no strength left.

Sesshomaru rose and placed his newborn in the crib which had been brought into the room for the baby's arrival. He gave him one more glance before promptly rushing to Inuyasha's side. "Inuyasha, listen to me, you had better find a way to do it or I will-"

The little fox, Shippo, hopped onto the bed and scrambled over to glare at Sesshomaru. "Don't threaten Inuyasha you bully! He is really tired, he is trying, his body wasn't expecting two babies! You can't be angry with Inuyasha! You have to give him strength so that he can do it, you have to cheer him on!"

"Shippo is right Sesshie-sama! Don't be meant to Inu-mommy or Rin will hate you!"

Before he could respond, the door opened, and there in the doorway stood Inuyasha's band of misfit friends, it seemed they had made the debut after all.

"Inuyasha!" The shorter female said in her annoyingly high voice.

That seemed to be just the does of medicine said tired hanyou needed because his eyes opened widely. "Kagome!" He asked in a shocked, hoarse voice as he struggled to his elbows. "And Miroku, and Sango! What-"

Sango gave him a big smile as she rushed forward into the room. "Inuyasha! Look at you! Looks like we made it just in time!"

Miroku and Kagome bounded forward as well, hug smiles spread across their faces.

"Oh well would you look at this," Miroku said with a cheeky grin, "I never thought I would see you in this position."

Kagome clasped her hands together in excitement. "Oh Inuyasha just look at you! You're having a baby!"

Inuyasha could not help but smile! Here he was, having another child and all off the most precious people to him were with him in his time of need. He almost felt like crying, but that urge was overrun by the need to cry out in pain, so he did.

Ayame did not know who these people were but she gave them a friendly smile all the more. "Welcome! Lord Inuyasha is having his second twin! The bairn wants to come now but Lord Inuyasha doesn't have the strength to push. If he can't get it out..." She trailed off and her face turned grave.

Sango gasped, she and Miroku had two children of their own and she could not fathom what would have happened if she had not pushed them out. Miroku frowned as well, he had seen what happened to a mother drained of her strength during childbirth.

"Oh no!" Kagome said for them all. "Inuyasha, you better pop this baby out!"

Inuyasha groaned in response. "I'm tired!"

"I'm sure you are and as soon as you give this birth you can sleep!"

"But I'm so tired," he whined.

Kagome came over to glare at him, "If you don't start pushing I will be forced to talk to you nonstop in the lovey-lovey voice I use on Kouga!"

Inuyasha made a disgusted noise and groaned. "Alright, alright," he said in pain, "But I only got one left in me!"

"Well make it count," everyone said in surprise unison, even Sesshomaru!

Inuyasha cursed them all and with the last of his draining strength, he pushed with all he had in him.

Another son, Sesshomaru thought with amazement as he stared at his perfectly healthy second son. Indeed he and his brother were twins, but his hair was closer to the lighter shade of Inuyasha's hair than it was to his own, and two little furry ears twitched atop the sleepy head. A pair of ears and a tail he thought amused as he looked form one to the other slumbering in the crib. He had wondered if perhaps he had misjudged his blood and wondered if the second born was a hanyou, but then when he brushed aside the mop of hair an open star, sat right above his right eyebrow, three dots making a swirl within, and two swirls looped through the end of the star. His mark was just as lovely as the first. A moon and a star.

He glanced back at Inuyasha, who had lost consciousness the moment the second child had slipped through with an angry wail at whoever had bereft him of his warm womb. Inuyasha, like his two offspring, lay sleeping peacefully in deep slumber, now cleaned and put into fresh clothes, he looked like a fallen angel enchanted by a spell.

He would be fine, the old demon woman who had finally arrived, the one who had educated him on the matter of birth, a very old friend of his mother's, had assured him. She was a shriveled old thing with long white locks and a humped back, but she was wise. She had assured everyone that mother and bairn were well and healthy, but Inuyasha would most likely sleep days on end to restore his depleted strength. He had not held on a minute longer, so he did not get to see the two beautiful creatures which had sprung from his body. Sesshomaru touched each cheek, so soft he feared his touch even too rough for such innocence.

He was in love. He could feel the overwhelming urge to protect the two against any threat, he could feel the urge to have them nuzzling against him, he could fell the urge to have those big golden eyes look at him with admiration, and curse him, he could feel the urge to... to have them all near him at all times, mother and child.

He cursed himself for a fool, he did not, could not let these two faces of innocence change his mind. He had his beautiful offspring and now he had to do what he had to do.

He rose, turning his features into a wall of blankness. He turned and traveled to the group surrounding the sleeping Inuyasha. As they looked up he said the words that actually burned his throat to say, but he said them anyways, he said them in a cold and heartless voice, refusing to let the words or their meaning detour him.

"Inuyasha may stay another few days to recover his strength, but then he leaves. He will leave my castle and he will not return unless I ever give him permission. He is no longer needed nor desired in my presence or my household. He has done his part and he may return to wherever it is he dwells and live his life as he pleases. You may let him know that his services were most pleasurable."

A/N: Aw! Sesshomaru you sorry excuse for a-oh you crappy sonofa-what the hell—oh! *Throws a rock at Sesshomaru and hides * I know! I know! How could he! He is kicking Inuyasha out, but the poor dear has not even had the chance to meet his babies and he is kicking him out! The nerve of that cruel ass...

I'm sorry . * cries * I didn't want to do it but... well Sesshomaru's reign over Inuyasha is over at least D: unfortunately he is not the main protagonist! You have met the real bad guy before and he is about to make his presence known and unfortunately, Inu-baby will be his leverage! So his misery isn't over yet! But I promise! Sesshomaru will get a big kick in the face! He will get his and he will realize what a dumb fool he has been . And Inu gets his happy ending! It's just well you know a ending so...Please don't spit fire at me, I'm just a poor author O.O

Update...must I...oh alright . I'll try for monday! I would say Friday but I need a short break from all this writing! I know it's a huge cliffy but my hands, they bleed! Not really... but I still need a small break :P